A new Children’s Book by the Revd David Ackerman Vicar of St John’s Church, Kensal Green In December 2019, as St Johns welcomed six new bells, a children’s play took place based on the names of the saints to whom [...]

SS ANDREW AND BARTHOLOMEW, ASHLEWORTH, GLOS. You pick out the 14th c. spire from a distance; it is only when you get closer that you are struck by the ensemble of the church, 15th c. manor house (Ashleworth Court) and [...]

Arthur Middleton on serving the Church’s Catholicity and Holiness We catholic Anglicans have been given a race to run which we must win. Despite the fragmentation of our Church and the odds that seem against us, let us not despair [...]

Thurifer is seeking entertainment and a smattering of political intrigue One of the highlights of lockdown was a Virtual Evensong in May imaginatively created by The Rodolfus Foundation and the Friends of Cathedral Music. It was a well-chosen selection of [...]

There’s often a story behind isolated churches. Fawsley church (1: Northants) stands isolated in the park of the former Hall. Not always so, it once served the villagers who lived close round it. Towards the end of the 15th century, [...]

John Gayford introduces the Guardian Angels Angels are heavenly beings created by God whose function is to serve and do his will. Guardian Angels are assigned by God to watch over souls (and even bodies) of individuals, groups and churches, [...]

Charles Card-Reynolds explores Black Portraits In her kalendar of saints the Church of England commemorates on 30 July Olaudah Equiano (1745-97) as an anti-slavery campaigner with the collect: God our deliverer, who sent your Son Jesus Christ to set your [...]

From Fr Michael Blackman Sir, I found it ironic that you mentioned the treatment meted out to BAME people and the Windrush generation in your editorial (July/August edition) as you extolled the virtue of hope in response to the challenges [...]

art Andy Warhol Tate until 15th November, 2020 Covid-19 makes a fool of writing to deadlines. With any luck by the time you’re reading this museums and galleries won’t have been closed by the ‘Second Spike.’ If that’s so, go [...]

Christopher Smith is fed up with the politics of fear The last time I put pen to paper to write this column was in mid June, when it was still illegal for you to go to mass.  We missed all [...]